അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 117

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {btSyNn¨v Wns¶ tbms`m^p hpµ^n]m] sb¦p«ns] Nn«n]m … C¸js¯ Nm`fm tfmsa … Mm³b_ªt¶ DÅq … Cu tNmaWot`¡v B^pw tN_nsæn`pw W½av hq£n¨m Wfp¡v sNmÅmw “””
lm^Um½ sdZvgoänsâ CX]n`qsX Nm\p¶ AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp

“”‘ lm^Um½ fp¶n NqsX]mt\m C_§n tbms] ? kmSn`X¡msS]mt\m tbms] ?”’

“”‘ At¿mXn ..MmWSv f_¶tÃm Culz^m . bp_Nn`qsX tbmNm³ sSmX§n]t¸mjm B^m*p knan¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶ns] ? As¸m fp¶n¡qsX C_§n . As¸m Ums* -! W½psX `o` sNmt¨¨n S`Ipän ko\p NnX¡p¶Sv N*v BÄ¡m^v HmXn¡qXp¶p . bns¶ MmWqsX Hmt«m]n`v Blq{So tbm]n , sb®p§amt^`pw NqsX tk*mt]m . B Sn^¡n`v kmSn`X¡m³ f_¶p tbms]Xn tfmsa ..ktÃm b«ow bq¨t]m ftäm tN_nt]m ? ASv N*mt\m Wo tbXn¨p tbms] .. sl^n¡pw kn]À¡p¶p*v . Wo Sp\n fm_v tfmsa … MmWn¨n^n Ip¡v Nm¸nt]m ftäm CXmw “”‘
“”‘ H¶pw tk* lm^Umt½ “”” ^mPn\n sdZvgoäv km^n¸pS¨v Fjpt¶äp . AkÄ At¸mjpw NnS¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p

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Un kos¡³Zv dmÀ ,

sskNpt¶^w k`n] Sn^s¡m¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p
kn sF bn Nu*_n . k`n] NX]psX Hm\ÀfmÀ fpS`m] Øn^w BapNÄ NX AX¨p Njnªp k^pw , AÃmsS CX]v¡pw fp«nWpw Bs^¦n`pw k¶m`m]n . . ftWmKv dps¡Xp¯v km]n¡pN]m]n^p¶p .

“”‘ hohÀ , H^p `mÀKv , sFhv Nyqdv kn¯v Nvaºv thmZm “”‘ b^nInSfm] lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Ak³ dp¡n Wn¶pw N®p]À¯n .

“”‘Aѳ “”‘ ftWmKnsâ Ip*pNÄ f{´n¨p .

Ak³ fXn¨p fXn¨p sbPv sfg_n Aa¶v knh-vNn Hjn¨v b_ªtbms` fnN-vhv sI]vSp fp¶nt`¡v sk¨n«v , bn¶nt`¡v fm_n Wn¶v AÑsW tWm¡n . BPftWmt±lw A_n]msS Ak³ B Fhn]n`pw kn]À¯p

“”‘ Fsâ tfmsâ bpSn] tKm`n]tà H¶v Nm\msf¶p N^pSn k¶Sm . .. Njn¡m_nà , kÃt¸mjpw CtStbms` ht´mgw tSm¶pt¼mÄ “”‘
knh-vNn H¶v sfm¯n]n«v hq^y{bhmUv– SpXÀ¶p .

“”‘ Wà sb®m AkÄ … FÃm^pw C§sWs]ms¡]m BUyw b_]pN . sk_psS {c*vgn¸v Fs¶ms¡ , bns¶]Sv hmVm^\ tbms` t{bfw BNpw . Npj¸fnÃXm , A¨Wnãfm]n . Ft´`pfps* Wo b_ªm fSn . Aks^ ^*p tbs^]pw Wfp¡v ko«nt`¡v Nq«mw . bmk§ams\¶p tSm¶p¶p . AkapsX fWÊn kÃSpw Dt*m¶p Wo bSns] tImUn¨p sk¡v “”‘ hq^y{bhmUv– H¶vsfm¯n]n«ksW tWm¡ns]¦n`pw ftWmKv f_pbXns]m¶pw b_ªnÃ

“”‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv